"City Planting" is a capacity building program that supports
underprivileged communities in Venezuelan cities to build public
spaces in their neighborhoods. It is sponsored by Citi Venezuela,
and executed by Fudep Venezuela and Enlace Arquitectura.

To date the program has supported 12 communities. Participation
entails a varied mix of out door activities such as walks, games,
theatrical productions and construction workshops that focus on
recognizing the potential for transformation in specific urban
spaces, identifying activities that can take place in these spaces
and designing and building public space projects.

In La Palomera, the community selected a clandestine waste dump
and transformed it into a vibrant new public space that doubles as
a lookout point over the city. Children participated in making the
pavement using the tops of plastic containers and painted recycled
pallet wood boards to build a 14-foot long bench. The project also
includes new side walks after negotiating with the community to
remove abandoned vehicles.